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History · Rames Township

62% of Rames Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Wewela Hall and the South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512.

2on the National Register
62%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

2 historic places in Rames Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No.…
Wewela Hall, built 1926South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512
BuildingsStructures

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: False-Front1
Pratt pony truss1
Wewela HallLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: False-Front · Built 1926
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South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512Structure · listed 1993

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Wewela

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Millboro TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKeyapaha TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Rames Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Rames Township?

Two places: the Wewela Hall (listed 2010) and the South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 62-220-512 (1993).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.